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The Rise and Fall of CSLA?! Military profession (1960-1970) in the collective memory of the officer corps
Hlaváček, Jiří ; Vaněk, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šedivý, Ivan (referee) ; Mücke, Pavel (referee)
The Rise and Fall of CSLA?! Military profession (1960-1970) in the collective memory of the officer corps Jiří Hlaváček Abstract: The aim of this dissertation thesis is the reflection of everyday life and the (transformation) of the professional identity of the officers' corps in the 1960s in the collective memory. The research is based on narrative analysis of oral-historical interviews with witnesses who served in the Czechoslovak People's Army during the period under review. Memories of witnesses are compared with other types of historical sources. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the problems of everyday life in the socialist type army. The content analysis focuses on the motivation of witnesses for the choice of the military profession, the specifics of military life, ideology in the army, the relationship between the soldiers and the public, as well as on the combat readiness and role of the Czechoslovak army in the eventual potential cold-war conflict. The second part of the thesis deals with the actions of actors on the background of event history. It is followed by the reflection of the Prague Spring, the August occupation of 1968 and the subsequent normalization of the army in the early seventies. The main focus is on the narrative analysis of the actors' strategies and the different...
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In the shadow of the eagle, on the lion's chest and under the double silver cross: The life story of Anton Malinovský (1922-2011)
Harmáček, Jan ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
The subject and aim of this diploma thesis is to capture the life story of (Czech) Slovak soldier Anton Malinovský (1922-2011). The greatest emphasis will be placed on the period of his youth and military experience from the Slovak National Uprising, but the other phases of the life of Anton Malinovský will be also reflected. Anton Malinovsky, as a soldier of the Slovak army, participated in the Slovak National Uprising, from where he was captured and used as a forced labor in Bratislava. After the WW2, he became a professional soldier. He served in various departments in Slovakia or in the Infantry School in Milovice and from 1953 until his retirement he worked in the Military Training Center in Nové Město nad Váhom. The work will be chronologically ranging from birth to the death of Anton Malinovský in 2011. From a methodological point of view, the work will use methods of qualitative and historical research, from a typological point of view the concept of biography will be a science-historical life story with elements on the border of an artistic and scientific biography. The work also exploits the concept of sociological imagination. The basis for research and development of the life story will be the memories of Anton Malinovsky, captured by sons at the end of his life on recording equipment,...
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The Evolution of Oral History in the Czech Republic
Drahovzalová, Michala ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
The presented study maps the topic of oral history development in the Czech Republic. The research, conducted mainly via oral history method, reflects the period since 1989 as this method could only be developed after the fall of the communist regime. The first part of the thesis deals with the chosen methodology, introduces the research topic and its objectives and clarifies the historical background. The second part of the thesis presents the analysis and interpretation of the collected material. I focus on the research projects that have been conducted via oral history and publication outputs. I try to put the researches within the broader context as well. Finally, I focus on the development of institutional background in the Czech Republic and mention central institutions where oral history method is being used. I emphasize on insights and views of my narrators who are themselves active participants in the process of establishing oral history in the Czech Republic. Key words Oral history, qualitative methods, project Sto studentských revolucí, Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Oral History Association
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Reflection of police work from the point of view of policemen and policewomen
Kapr, Ondřej ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Wohlmuth, Petr (referee)
This thesis follows up with reflection of police work, from the point of view policeman and policewoman themselves, in the historical context of the operation of the Police of the Czech Republic from 1991 until present. The foundation of all of this work is orally historical research from present and former police officers. The goal of this work is to apprise public with perception of police surrounding from inside, right from regular police officers. In this thesis are analysed and evaluated discovered connections. Key words: Police, Police of the Czech republic, oral history, history, police culture
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The Prague Metro - phenomenon in the context of Czechoslovak history
Burian, Jiří ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
6 Abstract The thesis deals with Prague metro as a social phenomenon in the history context of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic in recent two centuries. The work focus on perception of Prague metro from the point of view of general contenporary history and well known public sources in comparison with perception of common people or different subcultures. It also informs about all valuable resources about Prague metro and subject these to continual critical evaluation. In order to make a full understanding of the context, there is also a short part about history of Prague metro. The empiric part is processed by analogical approach to Czech and Czechoslovak history as well as interpretation of the used interviews.
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Connexions between village population and the insane asylum in Horní Beřkovice in the years 1968-1989
Novotný, Ondřej ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Mücke, Pavel (referee)
Presented Bachelor Thesis Connexions between village population and the insane asylum in Horní Beřkovice in the years 1968-1989 is a contribution to the theme of Czechoslovak psychiatry and its relation to ordinary people during the period of normalization in Czechoslovakia. The aim of my work is to bring people's views closer to the institution, which have evolved and dynamically changed over the years. Based on interviews with narrators, residents of the village and former employees of the asylum that I did during field research, I describe their memories in contrast to the history of the asylum. Thus, the thesis deals with a rather subjective view of the entire history of the period under review and, besides the chronicle records, also brings the views of the respondents to the situation at that time.
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The hidden history of piece of stone
Ševčík, Tomáš ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Jiří (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is recontruction of a historical event which took place on the shooting-range in Kladno - Krnčí on 1st June 1942 by using the oral history method. Shortly after the World war 2nd , there was build a memorial, which reminded this tragedy and was soon forgotten. Recording interviews with the contemporaries of that event and family relatives plays the key role. Along side that the thesis stands on information from various fonds of National archive, State regional archives and Archive of safety organs, and also from online sources and print. The author describes in the text his first touch with the oral history method and obstacles deriving from particular interviews. He focuses on finding and interviewing direct witnesses of the tragedy, even a son of the executed in one case. The core of the thesis is dedicated to narators view on the event in 1942 which they could hear or experience. By comparing the archive sources and the narators interpretations there contruction of the incident becomes a solid overview what happens before the execution in 1942. Besides the main proposition of applicability of oral history method on recontruction of the past, the author also thinks of practical experiences in using the oral history method. Keywords: Kladno - Krnčí, execution June 1st...
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Lidice and Ležáky - seventy years of memories
Tajčová, Tereza ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Mücke, Pavel (referee)
The diploma thesis describes the way of commemorating Lidice and Ležáky villages, which were exterminated by the Nazis during the Second World War. The text covers the period from 1945 to the present, focusing on the image of these villages (and the tragedy of 1942) in resistance periodicals called The voice of revolution (Hlas revoluce) and the National Liberation (Národní osvobození). Based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of these sources, the author interprets the image of recollection of Lidice and Ležáky tragedies in given periodicals and puts it in the context of the period. Key words: Lidice, Ležáky, National liberation, Voice of the revolution, assembly, Czech freedom fighters union
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Identity Construction in Biographical Narratives of Re-emigrants
Fürst, Václav ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
Abstact The hereby presented study deals with a cross boarder migration of people during the times of communist rule in Czechoslovakia and during the period immediately following the demise of the Soviet domination in Eastern and Central Europe. The study concentrates on those individual migrants who spent a significant period of their lives abroad. This study should elucidate several key aspects of the cross boarder emigration and re-emigration (be that voluntary or forced) as seen by the respective migrants themselves. In particular, those aspects are: how a long-term residence in a foreign country altered their relationship with respect to their home country, what kind of relationship the migrants developed with respect to their new country of residence and what the very act of emigration/re-emigration itself meant in the life of each individual migrant covered by this study. One of the principal issues this study relates to is this: is it possible to consider the identities of individual migrants as having remained "national" despite their long residence in a foreign country or, alternately, is it correct to state that their identities had changed to that of an "emigrant" flavor. In each individual case of the perceived identity change the study attempts to identify the characteristics of the changed...
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Cooperation of Border guards with civic inhabitants in 60's and 70's era: example of Cheb region
Jaška, Petr ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Wohlmuth, Petr (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with theme of collaboration Border Guard troops with the civilian sector its focusing on 60's and 70's era. The topic is an overview compiled since 1945, because of better context. Work aims to map and describe the process whereby the collaborating fifth brigade of border guards in the geographic region Cheb region with residents and how the civilians had been involved to guard state borders. The author based primarily on archival material stored in the Security Services Archive in Brno - Kanice and the previously published literature. The author also used interviews with former professional officers. These interviews compiled by the method of oral history. The main criteria were chosen on the number of assistant border guards, as well as young border guards and the number of persons who were attempting to cross the state border detained for using the civilian sector. But also, many other factors were considered. The result of this work is the finding that the border guard cooperation with the civilian sector shows an upward trend in the period from the fifties to the late seventies. The highlight of this cooperation was the second half of the seventies. In the sixties, and especially the second half of the sixties, the brigade was forced to intensify the use of civilians...
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